The new Early Years Foundation Stage has less emphasis on topic work, so we are basing the children's learning around their favourite stories. 'Jack and the Beanstalk' has always been very popular - the children love chanting 'fe, fi, fo, fum' and are fascinated with giants.
It was following on from sharing the book, acting out the storyline and looking at the rhyming words, that the children started to think about what Jack could have done with his beans. There are umpteen things he could have done, as well as plant them or eat them.
I went to the supermarket and bought several varieties of beans for us to explore. I got dried beans such as white beans, kidney beans, aduki beans and cannelloni beans as well as tinned beans - if the supermarket had it, I bought it.
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